Sudal says after catching a bluefish that appeared to have a classic-looking shark-bite taken out of it, he grabbed a shark rod from his vehicle and cast the line into the water.

Within a few minutes, Sudal, who had experience shark fishing in Florida, was reeling in the shark. He says the shark spent about 45 minutes pulling 150 yards of line, before he tired out.

Sudal then spent a few moments in the water, tugging the shark onto land. "In order to land them properly you have to run into the surf, grab them by the tail, and get them onto the beach," Sudal told The Nantucket Mirror.

Man wrestles shark to shore in Nantucket

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Elliot Sudal

A fishing trip on Nantucket Island produced a rare catch: a seven foot sandbar shark.